Friday, February 10, 2006

QUICK NO-FAT APPLE CAKE

To start the week healthily and, as lately, I seems to buy more and more butter, I decided to bake a fat-free cake! Luckily, I also had a few apples which were looking a bit sad, so after a bit of googling, I found what I wanted: a "Quick No-Fat Apple Cake" recipe.

I was a bit sceptical about it as I wondered what kind of "pudding" or "omelet" it would give, but I was positively surprised by this cake as it was, without doubt, a REAL cake!!!

Since, it was prepared without any kind of fat, this cake was a bit more dense and elastic than your average rich butter cake, but it was very soft and fine. The apples and the spices gave a delicious aroma and the light molasses added a caramelly sweetness...

I recommend you to try it if you are fed up of continuously seeing the butter disappear from your fridge or if you are looking for an eatable diet treat...

I found the recipe onwww.recipesource.com and operated of few changes for my own pleasure and yours, I hope...

Method:1. Preheat oven to 180°C (350°F).2. In a large bowl, combine the flour, baking powder, salt and spices.3. In a medium bowl, using a whisk, thouroughly mix the sugar, milk, egg whites and syrup/molasses/honey together.4. Gradually stir into dry ingredients in order to form a smooth batter.5. Add 2/3 of the cut apples in the batter and mix carefully.6. Pour the batter into a rectangular cake tin and place the leftover apples on the top.7. Sprinkle with sugar and ground cinnamon.8. Bake for about 50 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.9. Cool on a wire rack.

Remarks:If you wish, you can also use brown sugar for the batter.Don't beat the batter!

Serving suggestions:Eat for breakfast or at any time of the day.For those who are not observing a diet, spread butter on your slice of cake...

Tania: Like you, I was always quite skeptical when it came to fat-free food, but I found that this cake was very fine. Of course, it's different from full-fat cakes, but it isn't meant to be the same... I used a 20cmx10,5cm (7,8"x4,1") loaf pan, so your 9"x5" tin should be ok.

I love your blog! I'm glad I found it because I tried this recipe for apple cake and it was delicious! I used honey instead of molasses because it's what I had in the cupboard! It's going to be one of my regular recipes from now on. Thanks.

Brilliant recipe. Just made it and ate a slice - hot! I'm on a low fat diet pending surgery, but missed cake. I used honey, granulated sugar, mixed spice instead of nutmeg and cloves, and it's still perfect. Turns out well, not fluffy,but tender. Thank you lots.

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